I am sure that many of us will have read that 83% of Rome’s police force phoned in sick on New Year’s Eve. Around 1000 were scheduled to attend work but only 170 or so did, a shocking figure. But now it appears that partly in protest of how they have been vilified for their […]
Recently I’ve noticed a theme, I’ve seen employees who have seemed overtly loyal and positive but who, covertly, were anything but. I wonder what sort of lasting impression this gives about both them, and their employers. On one occasion it was ‘please give me a good rating on the customer feedback form or ‘they’ will […]
If you have some money to spend and you are about to introduce changes in the workplace, should you aim to invest before or after the changes are made? This is a pretty crucial question because if you make the wrong choice, you may well be the next car crash I get to see happen […]
If I had a tenner for every time I am told about someone resigning for personal reasons, only to hear later on that they left because they were simply fed up with the organisation, their job or their manager, I would be a very rich woman! So why do HR departments continue to swallow the […]
In an interesting article I read this week, it suggested that 51% of us suffer ‘office rage’. Are you one of the 51%? I’m afraid I would have to confess to occasionally losing it at work and uttering a few choice words as a result – it would usually be computer problems or printer problems […]
Earlier this week, whilst sitting on a train, I overheard a conversation between two women who were talking about their work. My ears pricked up when one of them said, ‘she thinks she’s better than us’. After a few moments, I realised they were talking about someone who was relatively new to their team. This […]
In recent months I have come across quite a few irritations around breakfast. It’s supposed to be a meal that is good for your health, but that can’t be the case if it’s causing so much stress! Many issues are around staff loitering in kitchen areas at 8 or 9am, getting porridge, cereal or toast […]
Just yesterday as I sat with a group of people, I was intrigued to hear them talk about individuals they neither respect nor like, but equally who they would not even consider sacking from work. It is beyond my comprehension to understand why people think they have to work with horrible people. Or people who […]
The following is an excerpt from a piece on mashable.com. Hey, tweeps. Done any photobombing lately? You know, while you lifecasted your date night with that ripped Wikipedian; he said he was an ethical hacker, but turned out to be a douche who just wanted to talk vajazzling. Totes ridic, right? Lolz So how […]
Will he or won’t he get the three million? This week it’s a very short blog! Andy Gray is set to sue Sky for £3M following his departure from Sky Sports. I am sure we all know the story. He speaks out of turn about a female referee. The media picks up on it […]
